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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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My only wolf sightings have been in Spain, in December, and at great range. I viewed them at dusk, through a telescope, from a ridge overlooking the area they were hunting. Why the weasel should be the head of the family doesn’t really make sense. Why not the stoat family or the badger family?)

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“The Wise Hours” — a review

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An Englishwoman, she thought, originally, that she would stay within the British Isles, to see the five or six native species. The Barn Owl Trust places nest boxes on lands of willing farmers who, Darlington says, consider it a “badge of honour” when an owl comes to nest in one.

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Nesting Eagle Killed in Portugal, Another Brilliant Move

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I come from a Portuguese family and I have no problem dumping on the Portuguese. The shooting occurred sometime between 21 and 23 February in the Vale do Guadiana Natural Park, close to the country's south-eastern border with Spain. Tags: Stupid eagle portugal fox hunting. This makes me angry. March 2009. Irrational attitudes?

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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Birds and Us starts with Birkhead’s visit to Cueva del Tajo de las Figuras, located in Andalusia, Spain and the Neolithic bird paintings on its walls. He continues with images found in illuminated manuscripts such as Catherine of Cleves’s Book of Hours and Frederick II of Germany’s On the Art of Hunting With Birds.